Quote by Maggie Stiefvater

“The fact of the matter was that they were all too close to the situation. They'd been too close to the situation for months.…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“No one could know how difficult this was, not unless they had lived through the same thing.”

— Victoria Jenkins

“And he could see as well that they had not yet approached the worst of it.”

— Lois Lowry

“Sometimes the closer we got to a situation, the less clear it looked.”

— Wally Lamb We Are Water

“Sometimes it could be extremely hard to tell it like it was, especially when whoever you were talking to didn't want to hear how…

— Kathryn Ormsbee

“The situation wasn’t ideal. But it was what she had to work with, so she would work with it. She was a tough one,”

— Lev Grossman

“But by the time those acquaintances became close friends, it was too late. Perhaps there was a perfect moment in between, when you were…

— Laurie Frankel

“Don't tell me that our situation didn't damage us, possibly irreparably.”

— Sylvain Reynard

“Tried to assess the situation.”

— Chris Grabenstein

“They still didn’t talk on the bus, but it had become a less confrontational silence. Almost friendly. (But not quite.)”

— Rainbow Rowell

“Would they retreat or move forward? Could they do this thing they were on the verge of doing? Did they have it in them…

— Emily Giffin

“The air between them filled with all that remained unsaid. All that should be said. Yet wasn't.”

— Renee Ahdieh